Comm in civic life: Chapter Review

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Chapter Name – Rhetors

What identity ingredients are available to you as you perform a persona? In what ways do you have the privilege (or opportunity) to choose between multiple personae? In what ways do the identities that others assign to you present an obstacle to your communication acts?How might you describe how meaning is created in a postmodern world? For example, who is the rhetor in a contemporary song, a television show, or a web page? How might this description affect how you understand your own agency?Chapter Name- Rhetorical Situation

Briefly outline the elements of the rhetorical situation (exigence, audience, constraints).

What are the key differences between Bitzer’s view on the rhetorical situation and Vatz’s view?

How might cultural variation and historical context influence the fittingness of a response?

General question:

Which parts of the chapters were challenging for you? Which questions might you have about the content?